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2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting achen Mon, 06/12/2017 - 15:11 Thousands of people come to Omaha each spring for the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders’ meeting to hear the insights of Warren Buffett and Charles Munger, Buffett’s longtime business partner. annualized compared with 6.9%

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2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting. Mon, 06/12/2017 - 15:11. Buffett and Munger celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. Omaha is a nice weekend getaway with a number of attractions in addition to the annual meeting events.

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Psychology, Purpose, People: How Female Founders Are Building New Ventures

Brown Advisory

billion in venture funding in 2017—a healthy number but still just a small fraction of the $85 billion raised overall. She views failure due to negligence or poor ethics as totally within her control, and is comfortable with the idea of failure for other reasons. According to PitchBook, female-founded startups raised $10.5

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Psychology, Purpose, People: How Female Founders Are Building New Ventures

Brown Advisory

billion in venture funding in 2017—a healthy number but still just a small fraction of the $85 billion raised overall. She views failure due to negligence or poor ethics as totally within her control, and is comfortable with the idea of failure for other reasons. According to PitchBook, female-founded startups raised $10.5

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Global Leaders Investment Letter: August 2022

Brown Advisory

We wrote about our moats framework extensively in our August 2020 letter FOJI (Fear of Joining In) and in 2Q 2017’s Caped Crusade. However, there is an important nuance in that more players have exited than the limited number who entered over time due to high barriers to entry and exit. Recently governments in the U.S.,

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10 Weekend Reads

The Big Picture

The number of LinkedIn posts grew 41% from 2021 to 2023. How We Got “Democracy Dies In Darkness”: And other stories from eight years running The Washington Post ( The Atlantic ) • Why We’ll Never Live in Space : Medical, financial and ethical hurdles stand in the way of the dream to settle in space.

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2019 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Buffett praised Abel and Jain for their accomplishments and their knowledge of the businesses and work ethic, and invited questions for them as well. Buffett places a very high value on this float but won’t give a number. KHC’s share price has fallen from a high of over $90 per share in 2017 to about $30 recently.